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CHARLES JOHN FEDDEMA
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 3, 1943 – March 5, 1967
Service recordCharles John Feddema, of Bagley, Minnesota, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 5, 1967, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 20
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- November 3, 1943
- Home of record
- Bagley, Minnesota (Clearwater County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 5, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date March 5, 1967; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 20
- JOSEPH MICHAEL DONOVANLance Corporal · March 5, 1967
- MAURICE FAULKNERPrivate First Class · March 5, 1967
- VICTOR C HILLPrivate · March 5, 1967
- WILLIAM ROBERT JANKASpecialist Four · March 5, 1967
From Bagley
- JAMES JOHN SHERECKCaptain · March 4, 1971
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.